Homemade Wasabi Peas? Almost – Crunchy Kimchi Peas!

Have you ever had wasabi peas? They are a vibrant green snack that’s both crunchy and hot. This recipe for kimchi peas was inspired by those but replaces the wasabi with kimchi powder! If you don’t have powder, you can replace it with other flavors (I’ll make a few suggestions below).

Kimchi powder is dehydrated kimchi that’s ground into powder (we show the process here). It’s a preserve made from a preserve; something we did largely as an experiment but we had a lot of fun with it. A little goes a long way; 2 tablespoons of powder packs all the flavor of 2 cups of kimchi. If you don’t have a dehydrator and want the flavor, you could experiment with soaking the chickpeas in kimchi brine overnight to create a similar effect.

The results are a lot of fun. The chickpeas are crunchy, salty and a little spicy. Everything a snack should be.

I started with dried chickpeas but you could use canned ones if you’d like (just skip the boiling part).

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